Ratings and Rankings

Rankings and Ratings

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September 13th

Sixteen pollsters have CU in their AP poll

There are 61 voters in the Associated Press college football poll. This week, 16 of the 61 had the Buffs in their Top 25, according to College Poll Tracker. This also means that 45 voters still have CU on the outside looking in.

The highest ranking for the Buffs came from Dave Reardon at the Honolulu Star Advertiser, who has the Buffs this week as the No. 18 team in the nation.

Two other voters – Jason Butt at the Macon, Georgia, telegraph, and John Adams at the Knoxville News Sentinel – have the Buffs at No. 19, while two others – Adam Zucker of the CBS Sports Network and Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News – have Colorado at No. 20.

… Brian Howell of the Boulder Daily Camera has Colorado as the No. 24 team in the country …

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September 11th

CU holds on to No. 25 spot in CBS Sports 1-130 rankings

From CBS Sports … Even through the years of NCAA sanctions, USC’s had a talented roster with future pros. And throughout the last decade, it has usually finished the year in the neighborhood of 10 wins. It’s been the unfulfilled expectations (2012) and falling short in big-time conference contests that frustrates fans and has left college football pundits wary of declaring that USC is “back.”

So when the Trojans started the year by allowing Western Michigan to not only hang around, but have real success running the ball in the opener, the CBS Sports and 247Sports voters with ballots for the CBS 130 reacted dramatically, resulting in a drop out of the top five for USC.

However, after watching USC put on a show against Stanford in a battle of Pac-12 title hopefuls, all of those worries have apparently subsided. There was a “prove it” aspect to the 42-24 win against the Cardinal, and now — at least for the moment — we’re ready to say USC is “back.”

Colorado moves up one spot in Associated Press poll; UCLA in at No. 25

USC moved up two spots in the latest poll, breaking into the top four, while Washington moved up one spot, to No. 6. Stanford, which lost to USC, fell from 14th to 19th, while Washington State, which needed a 21-point comeback in the fourth quarter to defeat Boise State (in three overtimes), fell one spot to No. 21.

Joining the Top 25 from the Pac-12 is UCLA, the only unranked team to join the poll this week (replacing Notre Dame). Just outside the poll this week from the Pac-12 is Utah (No. 26), Colorado (No. 28, up one spot – and one vote – from last week), Oregon (No. 30), and California (No. 37)